Seville braced for friendly invasion

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THE air is thick with Glaswegian accents, the streets teeming with green-and-white hooped shirts. The flags have been hoisted in every bar — nearly all Irish-themed. The Celts stick together and it is all systems go for the Seville spectacular.

The thousands thronging this quaint Algarve fishing village, though, are more than 200 miles from their destination and I have yet to come across one with a ticket for the Uefa Cup final against Porto tomorrow night. They have come from everywhere to reach Seville — there are reports of people travelling via New York because of sheer numbers attempting